| Gainestown Schoolhouse | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Nearest city | Gainestown, Alabama |
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| Coordinates | 31°27′10″N 87°41′33″W / 31.45278°N 87.69250°W / 31.45278; -87.69250 |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1919 |
| Architectural style | Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals |
| NRHP reference No. | 92000033 |
| Added to NRHP | October 1, 1992 |
The Gainestown Schoolhouse is a historic school building on Clarke County Road 29 in Gainestown, Alabama, United States. It was built in 1919 as a one-room schoolhouse and now serves as a guesthouse for the Wilson-Finlay House across the road. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 1, 1992, due to its architectural significance.
Architecture
The form is like that of most late 19th-century school buildings in Alabama, namely a one-story frame, rectangular-shaped building with a front gabled roof. A single entrance is found on the gabled front and a row of windows on each side elevation.
The building was expanded to two rooms in 1930, with the addition of a western side-wing. The large gabled wing turned the schoolhouse into a T-shaped building.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- "Clarke County MPS". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
- "Historical Markers & Sites in Clarke County". Clarke County Historical Society. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
- National Register of Historic Places in Clarke County, Alabama
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama
- 1919 establishments in Alabama
- One-room schoolhouses in Alabama
- Defunct schools in Alabama
- Educational institutions established in 1919
- Vernacular architecture in Alabama
- Schoolhouses in the United States